Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 21, 1866
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 21, 1866
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1866-08-21
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 21, 1866
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: mlb
revision: zz 2021-07-17
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Department of State
Washington Aug 21 1866
Audiences to delegates, seeking Consul-
ates &c all day long — yesterday
Court Journal— as proposed
especially for Miss Fanny Seward
and sent to her by Sec of State —
h
Unknown
Notwithstanding the
assiduous and ambitious Jenkins'
labors, you will expect me to keep
up the Court journal. Well, Her
Majesty
Birth: 1836-01-02 Death: 1885-04-25
visited the Washington
Monument and the State and
Navy Departments yesterday.
In the afternoon she drove out with
the Secretary of State, attended
by her suite
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wood. Her Majesty and party
walked from Chrystal Spring
wading the branch to Pierce’s
Mill. Her Majesty dined
with the Secretary of State. The
Assistant Secretary
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of State
Navy
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was
honored with an invitation. In
the evening Her Majesty re-
ceived presents ^visits^ from the Swe-
ish Minister
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, of the Russian
Minister
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, and Mr
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&Mrs Stoeckl
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who
took their audience of leave from
the Secretary to proceed to Russia
in October.
Her Majesty wore–
–
–
–
There, let Jenkins fill up this
blank.
Her Majesty was exceedingly
interested in the rare African costumes
o and Asiatic
exhibited by the fem de chambre
Unknown
at the Secretary’s. Her Majesty
returned at half past ten, precisely.
and the Secretary at half
past eleven.
Miss Fanny Seward.